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U.S. visas issued to nationals of Australia
The reports below contain preliminary data which are subject to change. Beginning with FY 2020, individual monthly issuance reports should not be aggregated, as this will not provide an accurate issuance total for the fiscal year to date. Instead, refer to our annual Report of the Visa Office for final full Fiscal Year statistics.
In September 2025, 2,172 nonimmigrant visas were issued to nationals of Australia, the 43rd largest count among 203 nationalities that month; that is down 20% on September 2024 (2,707).
For the full fiscal year the Department's Report of the Visa Office lists 38,804 nonimmigrant visas issued to nationals of Australia in FY2024, 0.4% of the 10,969,936 issued worldwide and the 42nd largest nationality of 197. The previous year's figure was 39,564 (FY2023).
The largest classes in September 2025 were B1/B2 (temporary visitor for business and pleasure) with 496, A2 (other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family) with 422 and E3 (australian specialty occupation professional) with 284. 53 immigrant visas were issued to applicants chargeable to Australia in the same month, led by DV (13) and F4 (12).
The Department's adjusted refusal rate for B (visitor) visa applicants who are nationals of Australia was 22.93% in FY2025, close to the Oceania median of 28.49%; it was 20.67% in FY2024. The rate covers B visas only and is the Department's own calculation, counting each applicant once by their final status in the year.
In the Diversity Visa program, 599 entrants chargeable to Australia were selected for DV-2026, 0.5% of all selectees that year; the count was 894 for DV-2025. Selection is not a visa; the Department's pages explain that selectees must still qualify and that more are selected than there are visas.
4 U.S. posts in Australia (Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney) issued 4,371 nonimmigrant visas in September 2025, to applicants of all nationalities.
Nonimmigrant issuances by month
Compared with the Oceania region and the world
| Measure | Australia | Oceania (14 nationalities) | All nationalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant visas, FY2024, Report of the Visa Office | 38,804 | 55,765 | 10,969,936 |
| Median nationality, FY2024, Report of the Visa Office | — | 247 | 7,901 |
| Nonimmigrant visas, Sep 2025 | 2,172 | 3,138 | 823,557 |
| Change on Sep 2024 | -20% | — | -11% |
| Immigrant visas, Sep 2025 | 53 | — | 45,966 |
| B-visa adjusted refusal rate, FY2025 | 22.93% | 28.49% | 31.28% |
| DV-2026 selectees | 599 | — | 129,516 |
Fiscal-year rows are the Department's Report of the Visa Office tables; monthly rows are the September 2025 report alone. Region and world refusal figures are medians across the nationalities listed in the Department's table for that year; regions follow the Report of the Visa Office grouping.
Visa classes, FY2024, Report of the Visa Office
| Class | Description (State Department) | Issued, FY2024 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 9,802 | 25.3% |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 5,516 | 14.2% |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 3,933 | 10.1% |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 3,234 | 8.3% |
| E3R | Returning Australian specialty occupation professional | 3,100 | 8% |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 2,902 | 7.5% |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 2,075 | 5.3% |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 1,981 | 5.1% |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 858 | 2.2% |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 838 | 2.2% |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 665 | 1.7% |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 587 | 1.5% |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 509 | 1.3% |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 388 | 1% |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 385 | 1% |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 304 | 0.8% |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 239 | 0.6% |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 205 | 0.5% |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 195 | 0.5% |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 176 | 0.5% |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 141 | 0.4% |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 122 | 0.3% |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 78 | 0.2% |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 73 | 0.2% |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 62 | 0.2% |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 56 | 0.1% |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 47 | 0.1% |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 45 | 0.1% |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 44 | 0.1% |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 43 | 0.1% |
From the Department's annual NIV detail table (nationality by class). Older symbol spellings in the table (B-1,2; H-1B) are shown in the current form.
Visa classes, September 2025
| Class | Description (State Department) | Issued | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 496 | 22.8% |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 422 | 19.4% |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 284 | 13.1% |
| E3R | Returning Australian specialty occupation professional | 187 | 8.6% |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 142 | 6.5% |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 89 | 4.1% |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 71 | 3.3% |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 68 | 3.1% |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 57 | 2.6% |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 55 | 2.5% |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 48 | 2.2% |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 41 | 1.9% |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 34 | 1.6% |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 25 | 1.2% |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 23 | 1.1% |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 20 | 0.9% |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 14 | 0.6% |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 12 | 0.6% |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 11 | 0.5% |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 11 | 0.5% |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 11 | 0.5% |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 9 | 0.4% |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 7 | 0.3% |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 6 | 0.3% |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 5 | 0.2% |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 5 | 0.2% |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 4 | 0.2% |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 4 | 0.2% |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 3 | 0.1% |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 2 | 0.1% |
Immigrant visa classes, September 2025 (foreign state of chargeability)
| Class | Description (State Department) | Issued | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 13 | 24.5% |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 12 | 22.6% |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 11 | 20.8% |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 6 | 11.3% |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 5 | 9.4% |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 4 | 7.5% |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 1 | 1.9% |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 1 | 1.9% |
Nonimmigrant issuances by fiscal year, Report of the Visa Office
| Fiscal year | All classes | Visitors (B) | Students, exchange (F, M, J) | Temporary workers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2015 | 40,290 | 8,501 | 8,850 | 15,880 | — |
| FY2016 | 47,083 | 13,012 | 8,511 | 17,422 | +17% |
| FY2017 | 47,454 | 13,373 | 8,375 | 17,434 | +1% |
| FY2018 | 45,778 | 11,253 | 7,696 | 18,110 | -4% |
| FY2019 | 44,681 | 9,444 | 7,683 | 18,788 | -2% |
| FY2020 | 22,005 | 4,687 | 2,889 | 9,707 | -51% |
| FY2021 | 14,238 | 1,999 | 2,104 | 6,354 | -35% |
| FY2022 | 31,825 | 4,765 | 3,908 | 14,514 | +124% |
| FY2023 | 39,564 | 10,331 | 5,180 | 15,283 | +24% |
| FY2024 | 38,804 | 9,855 | 5,656 | 14,974 | -2% |
Fiscal years run October to September. Every row is the Department's final annual detail table for that year; the visitor, student and worker columns add the table's class columns within one year. No monthly reports are summed.
Adjusted B-visa refusal rate by fiscal year
Dark bar: Australia. Grey bar: Oceania median for the same year. The Department's rate covers B visas only; it counts each applicant once, in the status in which the fiscal year ended, so an applicant refused and later issued in the same year counts as an issuance. Source tables: FY2023, FY2024, FY2025.
Diversity Visa selectees by program year
| Program year | Selectees chargeable to Australia | Share of all selectees | All selectees |
|---|---|---|---|
| DV-2016 | 832 | 0.9% | 91,563 |
| DV-2017 | 748 | 0.9% | 83,910 |
| DV-2018 | 2,154 | 1.9% | 115,968 |
| DV-2019 | 777 | 0.9% | 87,610 |
| DV-2020 | 647 | 0.8% | 83,884 |
| DV-2021 | 1,130 | 0.9% | 132,404 |
| DV-2022 | 1,031 | 0.9% | 119,021 |
| DV-2023 | 461 | 0.4% | 119,262 |
| DV-2024 | 795 | 0.6% | 142,947 |
| DV-2025 | 894 | 0.7% | 131,060 |
| DV-2026 | 599 | 0.5% | 129,516 |
Counts of selected entrants as published on the Department's "selected entrants" pages; no names are published or held. Selection is not a visa: the Department selects more entrants than visas available, and DV visas are issued only to selectees who qualify before the program year ends.
U.S. posts in Australia
- Canberra: 0 nonimmigrant visas issued in Sep 2025, to applicants of all nationalities
- Melbourne: 1,603 nonimmigrant visas issued in Sep 2025, to applicants of all nationalities
- Perth: 377 nonimmigrant visas issued in Sep 2025, to applicants of all nationalities
- Sydney: 2,391 nonimmigrant visas issued in Sep 2025, to applicants of all nationalities
Questions and answers
What is the U.S. visa refusal rate for nationals of Australia?
The State Department's adjusted refusal rate for B (business and tourist) visas was 22.93% in FY2025 against a Oceania median of 28.49%. The Department publishes this rate only for B visas and only by nationality; it counts each applicant once, by the status in which the year ended.
How many U.S. visas were issued to nationals of Australia last year?
38,804 nonimmigrant visas in FY2024, Report of the Visa Office, the Department's final annual figure. In September 2025, the latest monthly report, 2,172 were issued.
How does September 2025 compare with a year earlier for Australia?
2,172 nonimmigrant visas, down 20% on September 2024 (2,707). Months are compared one to one; the Department says its monthly reports should not be added together.
Which visa classes do nationals of Australia receive most?
B1/B2 (9,802), A2 (5,516), E3 (3,933), J1 (3,234) and E3R (3,100) in FY2024, Report of the Visa Office.
How many DV lottery selectees did Australia have?
599 for DV-2026, 0.5% of all selectees. Earlier years: DV-2022 1,031, DV-2023 461, DV-2024 795, DV-2025 894. Being selected is not a visa; the Department selects more entrants than there are visas available.
Where do nationals of Australia apply?
Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney are the U.S. posts in Australia. Nationals may also apply at posts elsewhere, subject to each post's rules, so the nationality figures on this page and the post figures are different counts.
Where does this data come from?
The State Department's monthly nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuance tables by nationality, the annual Report of the Visa Office detail tables, the annual adjusted B-visa refusal rate tables and the Diversity Visa selectee pages. Data through 30 Sep 2025.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs. Monthly Nonimmigrant Visa Issuances by Nationality and Visa Class; Monthly Immigrant Visa Issuances by Foreign State of Chargeability or Place of Birth and Visa Class; Report of the Visa Office NIV detail tables (workbook); Adjusted Refusal Rate, B-Visas Only, by Nationality; Diversity Visa selected entrants pages. All public domain. Data through 30 Sep 2025. See corrections.